My smoke detector is beeping and there isn any fire. What is wrong with it?
A. The detector may be full of dust and lint. Clean it out with a vacuum cleaner. The detector may sound from other than just smoke. Aerosol products may cause detectors to go off. Steam from a shower may also cause a detector to sound. The battery may be wearing out, replace the battery. The life expectancy of a smoke detector is 7-10 years. The detector may be wearing out, replace the detector.
